1705 in literature
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See also: 1704 in literature, other events of 1705, 1706 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- William Somervile inherits his father's estate, where his participation in field sports will furnish the material for much of his poetry.
- Richard Steele marries wealthy widow Margaret Stretch.
- Claude Pierre Goujet enters holy orders.
- Richard Challoner is sent to the English college at Douai.
- William Walsh begins his correspondence with Alexander Pope.
[edit] New books
- Daniel Defoe - The Consolidator
- Jonathan Swift - A Tale of a Tub, fifth edition (with Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, The Battle of the Books, and Notes)
[edit] New drama
- Susannah Centlivre - The Gamester
- Mary Pix (attr.) - The Conquest of Spain
- Sir John Vanbrugh - The Mistake
[edit] Poetry
- Richard Blackmore - Eliza
- Charles Johnson - The Queen; a Pindaric Ode
[edit] Non-fiction
- Charles Gildon - The Deist's Manual
- Gottfried Leibniz - Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain ("New Essays on Human Understanding")
- Katherine Philips Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus - (published posthumously)
- John Toland - Primitive Constitution of the Christian Church
[edit] Births
- June 21 - David Hartley (philosopher) (died 1757)
- May - Ambrosius Stub, poet (died 1758)
- September 2 - Abraham Tucker, philosopher
- November 23 - Thomas Birch, British historian (died 1766)
- date unknown
- Isaac Hawkins Browne, poet
- Gerhardt Friedrich Müller, historian (died 1783)
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Madame d'Aulnoy, author of fairy tales
- February 5 - Philipp Jakob Spener, theologian (born 1635)
- April 2 - John Howe, theologian
- October 17 - Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtesan and salon hostess (born 1620)
- date unknown
- Johann Ernst Glück, Lutheran writer (born 1654)
- Michael Wigglesworth, poet (born 1631)
